Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan doesn’t want Illinois to allow fracking, a controversial process that injects a mixture of water and chemicals deep underground to reach oil and natural gas reserves.

“Fracking is coming to Illinois, with the strongest environmental regulations in the nation.”

But House Speaker Michael Madigan wants it banned.

REPORTERS: “Do you support the moratorium or?”
MADIGAN: “Absolutely. I’m for the moratorium.”
REPORTERS: “Over the regulation?”
MADIGAN: “Absolutely.”
REPORTERS: “Because?”
MADIGAN: “Read about what happened in Pennsylvania.”

In Pennsylvania, studies have blamed fracking for poisoned groundwater, though the industry denies any link.